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THERE'S an art to travelling well. Some little secrets you learn on the way, like making sure you find a map at the airport before you leave and always throwing spare plastic bags into your suitcase for dirty clothes.

Here’s the ultimate travel advice list. Have we missed any? Let us know.

I was walking down Gameat El-Dowal El-Arabiya, one of the main streets in Cairo, feigning self-confidence. And I was trying so hard to pretend I was relaxed, I even lit a cigarette. Wrong move. It was my fourth time in Egypt, but the first time on my own – no tour operators, no guides, nothing. And I thought I knew enough about Egypt. How wrong I was!